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Worries about the national economy and the price of gas at home have left Florida consumers feeling pessimistic according to UF business researchers. To add to those headaches, we’re days away from the start of hurricane season.

While you can see the immediate destruction caused by a hurricane, after effects like carbon monoxide inhalation and food poisoning often don’t become clear until days later. Now, experts at the University of Florida have helped develop a real-time system for monitoring post-storm health threats.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of May 29th.

More than fifty thousand American children are legally blind and many of them were born that way because of a malfunctioning gene. Now, University of Florida researchers have restored sight to chickens born blind because of the same faulty gene.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of May 22nd.

The recent attacks across Florida have some worried that alligators are on the rampage. One of the nation’s top experts on gators says they are on the move thanks to mating season and dry weather.

The older you get, the more you fear death. That’s become a fact of life for many Americans. Now a University of Florida study shows that a sudden increase in faith when you get older won’t make you feel any less afraid. For more, here’s Research Report.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of May 15th.

Most Americans realize that supersized portions and late-night snacks can thicken their waistlines, but now UF research finds that cutting back on calories may increase your lifespan.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of May 1st.